Next week Brad and I will be on the Norweigan Cruise Line ship the Pearl, sailing July 25th to Alaska. Read more… »
Archives for July, 2010
You May Try to Play Too Many Different Games
or Switch Games Too Frequently
These two practices are among the biggest enemies of VP accuracy, even for serious players. Read more… »
(Check the Comments section on the right – some good ones recently.)
Now more from the 2001 “Strictly Slots” articles about losing:
You May Not Know the Correct Strategy
No VP machine can be played well with intuitive decisions only. Your years of live poker experience, rather than giving you a helping hand here, usually causes you to make many basic mistakes. Read more… »
More from the 2001 ”Strictly Slots” article:
You May Not Be Playing the Right Games
You protest, “But I’m playing video poker, not slots. Everyone knows you have a better chance to win on video poker!”
Not quite true!
I sat down today to write, as I have been promising, about losing at VP, and suddenly felt overwhelmed. It is such a huge subject. Where should I start?
Then I remembered I had written a couple of articles about this when I was contributing to the Strictly Slots magazine . Read more… »
The July Las Vegas Advisor contains a chart that shows which Las Vegas casino hotels have resort fees and what they cover and which have not yet succumbed to this malady. Read more… »
Two New Gambling Books
Posted on Jul 07, 2010 under Blackjack, Book Recommendation, Craps | 3 CommentsOne of my favorite writers on gambling and casino subjects is Frank Scoblete. His information is always based on good math and he writes with an entertaining style that makes all his books very readable. He has two new books out: Beat Blackjack Now and Casino Craps: Shoot to Win! Read more… »
The reservations for ziplining on our Alaskan cruise are now made – yes, for Brad and me as well as for Angela, Steve, Kaitlynn, and Zachary. Read more… »
Brad and I just returned from a 4-day visit in Reno. (The common joke when people found out where we were from was “Can’t you find a casino in Las Vegas?”) We stayed and played at the Atlantis, which had given us a good offer to “try them out.” (If you are Seven Stars at Harrah’s or have a Chairman card at the Stations and have never played at the Atlantis, you are welcome to e-mail me privately for details about this good offer for those high-tier players – queenofcomps@cox.net) Read more… »
